Combination cigar-box moistener and cover holder



INVENTOR ATTORNEY July 3, 1928;

P. SUKERT COMBINATION CIGAR BOX MOISTENER AND COVER HOLDER fined Dec.24, 192.5

WlTNhSEn Patented July 3, 1928.

1,676,118 PATENT OFFICE.

PHILIPSUKERT, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

COMBINATION CIGAR-BOXIIOISTENER AND COVER HOLDER.

Application filed December 24, 1925. Serial No. 77,665.

This invention relates to attachments for cigar boxes and moreparticularly to what I term a cigar box moistener and cover holder.

One of the main objects of the invention is to provide an attachmentwhich can be readily applied to a cigar box of standard construction,such attachment being adapted to receive and retain a moistened strip ofabsorbent material for supplying moisture to cigars within the box. Afurther object is to provide a device of this character having meanscooperating therewith and with the cigar box for holding the lid orcover of the box in open position. Further objects will appear from thedetailed description.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device as applied,

Figure 2 is a transverse sectional view through the device as applied,the box and the cover being broken away and partly shown in section,

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken substantially on line 33 of Fig. 2,

Figure I is a sectional view taken substantially on line 44 of Fig. 2.

The attachment includes an elongated box like casing 1 formed of sheetmetal and provided at each end of its rearward wall 1 with a hookelement 2. These hook elements are oppositely directed and are disposedfor engagement about the end portions of lid a of a cigar box A of knownconstruction. Casing 1 is provided with a slot 3 in its lower wall andextending the full length thereof. The front wall 1* of the casing isprovided at each end with an extension which is bent upon itself to forman arm 4 extending forwardly from the front wall of the casing. Theforward portion of this arm is turned over upon itself to provide asupplemental arm 5 at the forward end of which is formed a tang 6 whichextends inwardly from the supplemental arm 5 toward end wall I; of boxA. When the device is applied the supplemental arms 5 fit snugly againstthe outer face of the end walls 6 of box A and the arms 4 rest upon theupper edges of the end walls of the box. The resiliency of arms 4 urgesthe arms toward the ends of the box so as to hold the tangs 6 in bitingrelation with the walls Z), it being understood that the tangs areforced into the end walls of the box when the device is first applied.In this manner the arms 4 and supplemental arms 5 coact with casing 1and hooks 2 to hold the cover or lid a of the box against downward andforward movement, and the tangs 6 coact with the end walls 7) of the boxto hold the cover a against rearward movement. The attachment thusserves to effectually hold the cover of the box in open position. It isalso to be noted that the cover fits snugly between the rearward arms ofhooks 2 and the rearward wall 1 of easing 1 so as to be embraced therebyin such manner that the box can be lifted by the lid or cover a withoutdanger of breaking the cover or of detaching the same from the box. Thisfeature is of practical importance in that it is a common practice toremove boxes of cigars from dis lay cases by means of the covers of suchlioxes.

The casing 1 is adapted to receive a strip 7 of sponge or other suitableabsorbent material. This strip of absorbent material is kept moistenedwith water and air entering the casing through slots 8 at the endsthereof and flows over and through this strip so as to become saturatedwith the moisture therefrom, this moistened air flowing downwardlythrough the slot 3 into the box and over the cigars therein which absorbthe moisture from the air. In this manner the cigars are kept in aslightly moistened condition so as to prevent them from becoming dry andbrittle.

What I claim is:

1. In a device of the character described, a casing adapted forreception of absorbent material and provided with an outlet opening,means for attaching the casing to the cover of a cigar box with saidcover in open position, and means for securing the casing to the box.

2. In a device of the character described, a casing having means forattaching the same to a cigar box cover, arms extending forwardly fromthe casing, and means for securing the arms to the box.

3. In a device of the character described, a casing provided at its endswith rearwardly extending hook elements adapted to fit snugly about theend portions of a cigar box cover, arms extending forwardly from thecasing at the ends thereof, and means for securing the arms to the box.

4.. In a device of the character described, a casing, means forattaching the casing to a cigar box cover, arms extending forwardly fromthe ends of the casing and disposed to rest upon the upper edges of theend walls of the box, and supplemental arms extending forwardly from themain arms and providedhwith tangs for engagement into the end Walls ofthe box.

5. The combination with a cigar box body and a cover having hingedconnection with the body, of a moistening device, means slidable uponthe cover for attaching the moisthe body.

PHILIP SUKERT.

